An archive of past event listings for the Nancy Blackett Trust.

  • 14th May / Season launch / Woolverstone
  • 21st June / AGM and Summer Social / RHYC, Woolverstone
  • 27-29th June / Swamazons Weekend / Walton Backwaters
  • 17th-21st July / Heybridge Basin / Heybridge
  • 26th July – 8th August / OGA East Summer Cruise / Woolverstone-Wells
  • 8th September / Nancy Blackett Day
  • 13-14th September / Nancy Blackett Trust exhibit at the IMT Heritage Open Days / Ipswich Docks, Suffolk
  • 18-19th October / Laying-up / Woolverstone
May 25-27th Nancy Blackett at the OGA Deben Classics Rally Woodbridge, Suffolk
June 8th

Nancy Blackett AGM

RHYC, Woolverstone
June 29th Pin Mill Barge Match Pin Mill, Suffolk
July 6th Heybridge Basin Regatta Heybridge, Essex
July 13th Swallows and Amazons film – 50th anniversary screening Riverside Cinema, Woodbridge, Suffolk
July 20th-21st Scarborough Seafest Scarborough, Yorkshire
September 7-8th St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival London
March 23rd Nancy Blackett launch Pin Mill, Suffolk
March 25th Nancy Blackett fit-out Woolverstone, Suffolk
June 3rd-4th

OGA East Coast Swallows and Amazons Race

Walton Backwaters, Essex
June 17th NBT AGM TBC
June 18th – July 29th Summer Cruise TBC
July 22nd-23rd Waterfront Festival Littlehampton
August 3rd-6th OGA East Coast 60th Jubilee Party River Orwell, Suffolk
August 19-20th RHYC Regatta Weekend RHYC, Suffolk
September 9-10th Classic Boat Festival, St Katherine Dock London
October 14th Nancy Blackett lift-out Woolverstone, Suffolk
March 18th The Brian Hammett Memorial Talk: Julia Jones on “Gentlemen, interested in yachting” RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk
June 25th

Suffolk and the Sea – with Felixstowe Book Festival, including Peter Willis, Julia Jones, Claudia Myatt, Richard Woodman and others – plus Nancy Blackett, Peter Duck and other boats open to view at Levington Marina.

Trimley St Mary, Suffolk
August 6th Nancy Blackett Trust AGM RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk
August 26-29th Arthur Ransome Society AGM Weekend – including Nancy Blackett open to view on Sunday August 28th at Woolverstone Woolverstone, Suffolk
September 4th Nancy Blackett departs for London Woolverstone, Suffolk
September 10-11th Classic Boat Festival St Katharine Docks, London
October TBC End-of-season delivery trip and lift-out Woolverstone/Woodbridge, Suffolk
January 17-19th Maritime Film Festival (includes Riddle of the Sands and Swallows & Amazons) Woodbridge, Suffolk
September 20th Nancy Blackett Trust stall at Robertsons Open Day Woodbridge, Suffolk
March 3rd Ship Ahoy! Nautical Flags and Knots – workshop with Claudia Myatt (Essex Book Festival)  Harwich, Essex
March 3rd Arthur Ransome: His Life, Books and Legacy – panel with Peter Willis, Sophie Neville and Julia Jones (Essex Book Festival) Harwich, Essex
March 23rd Fitting-out (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
May 24-27th Arthur Ransome Society AGM (members only) Lymington, Hampshire
May 30th- June 2nd OGA Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
June 16th Nancy Blackett Trust AGM (members only) Swanwick, Hampshire
June 22nd-23rd Swamazons (members only) Walton Backwaters, Essex
July 27th Harwich Maritime Festival Harwich, Essex
October 26th End-of-season Lift-out (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
March 17-18th Fitting-out and social weekend (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
March-June Members’ sailing and training Woolverstone, Suffolk
June 9th Open Day at Woolverstone Marina Day Woolverstone, Suffolk
June 21st Suffolk Day Walk – Arthur Ransome Trail Pin Mill, Suffolk
June 30th AGM and Summer Social Woolverstone, Suffolk
July 1-21st Cruising North (members only) Woolverstone to Norfolk Broads
July 27-29th Harwich Sea Festival Harwich
August 3rd – September 5th Cruising South (members only) Woolverstone to London
August 10th Nancy Blackett at St Katherine’s Dock London
September 8-9th The Nancy Blackett Shop at Maritime Woodbridge Woodbridge, Suffolk
October 13th Lift-out and social weekend (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
April 8th Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out and social (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
April 26th Start-of-season lift-in Woodbridge, Suffolk
May 13th (12-1pm) Shotley Point Stroll (Suffolk Walking Festival) Bristol Arms, Shotley Gate, Suffolk
May 13th (12-5pm) Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree Pin Mill, Suffolk
May 15th (1-2pm) Book group: “We Didn’t Mean to go to Sea”, by Arthur Ransome Shotley Library (Village Hall), Suffolk
May 23rd (9:30am) “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” Guided Walk (Suffolk Walking Festival) Pin Mill, Suffolk
May 27th (11-1:30pm) Two Rivers Guided Walk (Suffolk Walking Festival) The Rose, Shotley, Suffolk
June 1st “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” Children’s Party Bristol Arms, Shotley Gate, Suffolk
June 2nd (10am-12:30pm) Farms and Rivers Guided Walk The Shipwreck, Shotley Marina, Suffolk
June 3rd Nancy Blackett Trust AGM and Summer Social (members and guests) RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk
June 4th Parade of Sail (Nancy Blackett’s Flotilla Sail-past) Pin Mill, Suffolk
June 4th – July 29th Nancy Blackett’s Netherlands Adventure (members only) Woolverstone, Suffolk-Middelburg, Netherlands
June 10-11th Swallows and Amazons “Big Race for Small Boats” 2017 (OGA East Coast) Walton & Frinton Yacht Club, Essex
June 16-17th “Swallows and Amazons” the musical Platform Theatre, Norwich
June 22nd Schools’ Sea Shanty Finale Woolverstone Hall, Suffolk
August 10th Ransome cruise on the Orwell Lady (fully booked) Ipswich to Pin Mill
September 10th Woodbridge Boat Jumble Community Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk
October 21st Marathon reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” Pin Mill Sailing Club
October 22nd End-of-season lift-out and social (members only) Woodbridge, Suffolk
November 16th Book Launch: “Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin” by Peter Willis St 
 
2016    
Late March – early April Members’ working parties – boat preparation Woodbridge
April 9th Fitting-out, Members’ Dinner Woodbridge
April 10-15th Sea trials, skippers & mates familiarisation and delivery cruise Woodbridge to Woolverstone
April (rest of month) Members’ Sailing Woodbridge
May (all month) Members’ Sailing Woolverstone
May 6-8th Cruise in Company to a local port (TBC) Woolverstone
May 11-12th Books East Literary Pub Crawls Ipswich
May 21st-22nd RYA “Push the Boat Out” Open Days Woolverstone
June (to 24th) Members’ Sailing Woolverstone
June 22nd-July 9th Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) Hush House, Bentwaters Parks
June 25th Theatre: “Swallows and Amazons” (Cheshire East Youth Theatre) Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
June 25-27th OGA Swallows and Amazons Weekend Woolverstone/Secret Water
July 2nd Annual General Meeting, guest speaker, short sailing trips RHYC, Woolverstone
July 13-17th Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) Nene Park, Peterborough
July 23rd Film: “Swallows and Amazons” (1974) screening Aldeburgh Cinema
July 29th-31st OGA East Coast Race Woolverstone/Brightlingsea
August 3rd-10th Richard Wainwright’s Eastern Waters Cruise Woolverstone
August 11-19th Members’ Sailing Woolverstone
August 19th New “Swallows and Amazons” film released (Cinemas TBC)
August 20-29th Nancy Blackett Summer Cruise Woolverstone/Blackwater
September 3rd-10th Home Waters Cruise Woolverstone
September 11-30th Members’ Sailing – open for bids Woolverstone
September 23rd Book launch of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock University of Buckingham
September 29th Publication of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock Lutterworth Press, Cambridge
October 10th-14th Autumn Cruise Woolverstone
October 15th Liftout and Social Evening Woodbridge

Header image: Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone, May 2009. Credit: I. Jacobson.